Lucky Player Hits It Big in NJ! Single Ticket Wins $1.8M Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot

• Winning Ticket Scores $1.8M in Jersey Cash 5 Drawing

• New Jersey Lottery Confirms Single Jackpot Winner

• Where the Winning Ticket Was Sold

Jersey Cash 5 is one of the most popular state-only lottery games in New Jersey because it’s affordable (just $1 per play), drawn daily, and offers strong odds compared to multi-state games like Powerball or Mega Millions.

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Here’s how it works in simple terms: Players choose five numbers from 1 to 45, and every night a drawing is held to pick the winning numbers. If all five of your numbers match the ones drawn, you win the jackpot. Smaller prizes are also awarded for matching three or four numbers. Additionally, players can add the XTRA option, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to five times.

According to NJ.com, "The winner bought the ticket through Jackpocket, an online courier, New Jersey Lottery officials said Sunday. The Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpot was worth $1,822,957."

Winning Jersey Cash 5 Numbers Saturday

The Jersey Cash 5 winning numbers for Saturday's drawing were 4, 20, 28, 35, and 40, with an XTRA multiplier of X2. The Bullseye number was 40.

Some reports say that more than one million people in New Jersey play the lottery every month, showing just how popular it is across the state.

No one knows exactly how many people play the New Jersey Lottery, but it’s clear that a lot of people do. In 2023, the lottery sold about $1.7 billion worth of draw-game tickets and paid out around $2.2 billion in prizes. The year before, sales were even higher—over $3 billion.